30 July 2013

Mounting TrueCrypt Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 Volume on Mac: Read Only Success

Some time ago, I wrote Mounting TrueCrypt Ext3 Volume on Mac: Fail wherein I state that TrueCrypt volumes created in Linux and formatted to Ext3 can't be mounted on a Mac. In the comments, DrTebi helpfully pointed out that it does work if I had used the correct software versions. That was 1.5 years ago, and it's time to revisit the issue.

The truth is, it does work, but I could only get it to work in read-only mode. The software you'll need to install are, in this order:

OSXFUSE (2.6.0 at time of writing). This is the successor to MacFUSE, which is no longer maintained and should be considered outdated. Make sure to install the MacFUSE compatibility layer when installing OSXFUSE (you may have to choose this explicitly under custom install within the installer).